Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China
Title | Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China PDF eBook |
Author | Chihyun Chang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2013-08-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1135122334 |
The Chinese Maritime Customs Service, which was led by British staff, is often seen as one of the key agents of Western imperialism in China, the customs revenue being one of the major sources of Chinese government income but a source much of which was pledged to Western banks as the collateral for, and interests payments on, massive loans. This book, however, based on extensive original research, considers the lower level staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and shows how the Chinese government, struggling to master Western expertise in many areas, pursued a deliberate policy of encouraging lower level staff to learn from their Western superiors with a view to eventually supplanting them, a policy which was successfully carried out. The book thereby demonstrates that Chinese engagement with Western imperialists was in fact an essential part of Chinese national state-building, and that what looked like a key branch of Chinese government delegated to foreigners was in fact very much under Chinese government control.
Imperialism and Chinese Nationalism
Title | Imperialism and Chinese Nationalism PDF eBook |
Author | John E. Schrecker |
Publisher | Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
History and Nationalist Legitimacy in Contemporary China
Title | History and Nationalist Legitimacy in Contemporary China PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Weatherley |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2017-08-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1137479477 |
This book examines how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attempted to bolster its nationalist legitimacy through the utilisation of Chinese history. The authors identify two different modes of nationalism - aggressive and consensual - both of which are linked to the historical memory of the late Qing Dynasty and Republican era. Aggressive nationalism dwells on China’s traumatic “century of humiliation” and is intended to incite popular resentment towards former imperialist powers (particularly Japan and the US) whenever they are deemed to still be acting in a provocative manner in their dealings with China. The aim is to remind the Chinese people that the CCP liberated China from imperialism after 1949 and has since restored national pride. Consensual nationalism is more conciliatory, emphasising common historical ties with the Guomindang (KMT) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Republican era. Here, the CCP is trying to promote itself as the party of national harmony and unity, with the long-term objective being peaceful reunification with Taiwan. However, the public response in China has not always been supportive of the CCP’s claims to be the sole defender of Chinese national interests. Some critics have suggested that China would have been better off if the KMT had won the civil war instead of the CCP. Others have insisted that the party is hopelessly weak on issues of national importance and that China is no stronger now than it was during the final throes of the much-hated Qing Dynasty. This book will be of interest to research students and scholars of Chinese politics, history and international relations.
Nationalism in China - Implications for Chinese International Relations
Title | Nationalism in China - Implications for Chinese International Relations PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Eschenhagen |
Publisher | GRIN Verlag |
Pages | 69 |
Release | 2007-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3638666484 |
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Far East, grade: 1,3, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Institut f r Politikwissenschaft), course: China in World Politics, 42 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In the past, Chinese nationalism has shown great flexibility as a connection of contradiction, interaction, and integration between the Communist Party, state and society, between the ruling ideology and intellectual discourse. Nationalism had great effect on the ways Chinese leaders and people behaved in domestic affairs, but also on the stage of international relations. Chinese nationalist thinking is not a uniform and unchanging phenomenon, as some Western analysts suggest, but a complex phenomenon with different layers which have to be analyzed in their complexity to come to a conclusion.
China in Revolt
Title | China in Revolt PDF eBook |
Author | Liang-li Tʻang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | China |
ISBN |
Disarming the Allies of Imperialism
Title | Disarming the Allies of Imperialism PDF eBook |
Author | Michael G. Murdock |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2010-03-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 194224231X |
How China Sees the World
Title | How China Sees the World PDF eBook |
Author | John M. Friend |
Publisher | Potomac Books |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1612349838 |
Han-centrism, a virulent form of Chinese nationalism, asserts that the Han Chinese are superior to other peoples and have a legitimate right to advance Chinese interests at the expense of other countries. Han nationalists have called for policies that will allow China to reclaim the prosperity stolen by foreign powers during the “Century of Humiliation.” The growth of Chinese capabilities and Han-centrism suggests that the United States, its allies, and other countries in Asia will face an increasingly assertive China—one that thinks it possesses a right to dominate international politics. John M. Friend and Bradley A. Thayer explore the roots of the growing Han nationalist group and the implications of Chinese hypernationalism for minorities within China and for international relations. The deeply rooted chauvinism and social Darwinism underlying Han-centrism, along with China’s rapid growth, threaten the current stability of international politics, making national and international competition and conflict over security more likely. Western thinkers have yet to consider the adverse implications of a hypernationalistic China, as opposed to the policies of a pragmatic China, were it to become the world’s dominant state.